[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War

Japan, Korea: 1951-1952.

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Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Measuring 12" x 8". String-tied black paper boards with "Photographs" stamped in gilt on the front board. Contains 221 black and white or sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs, with some color images, measuring between 1" x 1" and 4" x 6", with captions on the versos. Good only with detached but present pages, short tears, and edgewear with near fine photographs.

A photo album kept by an African-American soldier stationed in Japan and later Korea with an artillery battery during the Korean War. The album begins in Japan with a photo of a building bearing a banner that reads (in English) “Welcome to Japan” with a caption on the verso that states: “pier which we landed at in Japan August 14, 1951.” A tented encampment is featured throughout with images of soldiers working, looking at maps, and during leisure time. One photo of the compiler of the album shows him by a tent with a sign reading “lonely hearts club” while another shows a young man rolling out dough to make biscuits. A small forlorn Christmas tree is also photographed with bits of tinsel hanging from it. The men are seen posed with tanks and artillery with one photo captioned, “this is me posing again that shell weight 96 pounds.” A pictorial postcard is captioned “this is a picture taken of show that was put on for the fighting men. That’s Doris Day on the stage and Jack Benny in the back.” Another postcard shows a group of Koreans with the caption, “North Korean P.O.W. Some are wearing U.S. Army clothes that they stold [sic] from somewhere.” Interspersed throughout the album are photos of the compiler’s family back home during holidays, presumably sent to him while he was overseas.

A nice collection of photographs depicting an African-American soldier’s tour of duty during the Korean War.


Item #419644

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Item #419644 [Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War
[Photo Album]: African-American Solider in the Korean War